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Academic Minute: Transit of Venus
In today’s Academic Minute, Jay Pasachoff of Williams College explains the rare transit of Venus taking place on June 5th...
Debate Over Athletic Scholarship for Wealthy Student
Some at the University of California at Los Angeles are questioning why Justin Combs is receiving a full-ride athletic scholarship...
Grassley Questions NIH Funding of Researcher in Conflict Scandal
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley has asked the National Institutes of Health to explain why it has provided a new grant...
College Board Criticized Over 'Rich Kids' SAT
The College Board is being criticized by admissions officers and others over a pilot program that will test an August...
'Bunkum Awards' for Education Research
The National Education Policy Center, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, evaluates many think tank reports on education policy...
Student Allegedly Killed Man and Ate His Brain, Heart
Maryland authorities who have charged a 21-year-old Morgan State University student with killing a man have reported an unusual confession...
AAUP and FIRE Question Treatment of Adjunct
The American Association of University Professors and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education both on Thursday expressed concerns about...
Academic Minute: Why We Like Round Numbers
For the 500th Academic Minute, Art Markman of the University of Texas at Austin explains why we think round numbers...